The Fortunetelling Wizard is back in The Fractured Mountain!Hol would hate it if his mother was right. She always said wizard magic was dangerous and he would be better off pursuing another path.But he is the first fortunetelling wizard in over 800 years, most well-known for his fortunetelling though ridiculed by many (mostly the other wizards) for his consideration of the elements, and he revels in his wizardry.Never in all his years as a wizard has Hol failed to g...

In the kingdom of Dar, wizards are known by the tunics they wear.It is common knowledge that tunics are made from wild magic. A len who catches, tames, and puts on a tunic is a wizard. And a wizard is named and known by his deeds. Take Duin the Fearless or Bjarne the Vengeful as examples.The wizard Hol has been called Hol the Proud by his mother, Hol the Loyal by the queen, and Hol the Upstart by the other wizards of Dar. His biggest fear is that he’ll be remembered as Hol ...

What is the responsibility, or the task of the arts as we face environmental crisis?Ecologies in Practice is an edited collection of dynamic and multi-formatted contributions that explore the ways in which cultural production informs perceptions, communications, and knowledge of environmental distress in a Canadian context, pointing to the significance of the arts in the creation and sharing of crucial counter narratives and alternative possibilities. ...

Would you like to learn Tarot philosophy and reading Tarot Cards to improve your life?Explore the amazing world of Tarot!The modern Tarot can teach us through the reading of 78 traditional cards, how the universe communicates with us and what it has in store for our future.Tarot for Beginners is the perfect starting point for anyone wanting to learn to read Tarot cards. This audiobook covers everything you need to k...

As far as Thea Michener is concerned, it's time for a change. With her husband murdered and her much-anticipated baby stillborn, there is nothing left for her in Ladreville. Having accepted a position as Cimarron Creek's midwife, she has no intention of remarrying and trying for another child. So when a handsome Texas Ranger appears on her doorstep with an abandoned baby, Thea isn't sure her heart can take it. Ranger Jackson Guthrie isn't concerned only with the baby's welfare. He's been l...

Prominent scholars across the political divide and academic disciplines analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and the tenures of Prime Ministers Najib Tun Razak and Lee Hsien Loong, the authors offer a range of explanations for how these regimes have remained politically resilient.

An artistic free spirit must grapple with her sense of identity as the music she inspires her boyfriend to make propels him to stardom at the turn of the twenty-first century.It's the summer of 1999 in rural Minnesota, and eighteen-year-old Marcy Lewis is at a crossroads. Having graduated high school without committing to college, she wonders about the meaning of her life and what she is meant to achieve. On a trip with her sister to New York City, she meets up-and...

A collection of sweet, tender, poetic, beautiful, heart-wrenching, sensual love stories.These stories share a common theme of love, set in a time period before cell phones and social media."Second Best" by B. L. Aldrich, performed by Hillary Huber. 1944. The South. Can a heartbroken young woman learn to love again?"Didn't It Rain" by Kathryn Burns, performed by Becca Balanger. 1964. Manchester. A teenager realizes her love for music...and for a girl."The Pai...

If Sha had her way, she'd be out fighting manticores or tormenting dragons. At the least, she'd be curing plagues and taming pestilences.But no, her first act as a wizard is to chase down a stupid banshee vision.It's not like she can ignore it. Because there's the slightest chance the kingdom is actually being threatened. And she can't have that.Besides, if she doesn't handle it some other stupid wizard will sweep in and snatch the glory from her hands.She d...

Seeking revenge against the boy spreading lies about her at school, Rachel's attempt to make a golem goes awry.Or does it?As disasters strike first her school and then her town, Rachel is forced to confront her own need for vengeance and the soul-revealing questions of what is right and what is wrong.But, with her best friend not speaking to her and her parents too distracted to listen, she's finding it difficult to untangle the mess on her own.Time is ticki...

You’ve got What to Expect When You’re Expecting, but where do you go for a pregnancy guide when you’ve been pregnant before, and didn’t get to come home with a baby? For the nearly 2.6 million women worldwide every year who lose a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth and early neonatal loss, this is the pregnancy guide for you. Joy at the End of the Rainbow: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Loss gives you a month-by-month survival guide to a pregnancy that is different from the others. If you’re wo...

Commentators on the media in Southeast Asia either emphasise with optimism the prospect for new media to provide possibilities for greater democratic discourse, or else, less optimistically, focus on the continuing ability of governments to exercise tight and sophisticated control of the media. This book explores these issues with reference to Malaysia and Singapore. It analyses how journalists monitor governments and cover elections, discussing what difference journalism makes; it examine...